Trudy Rubin, Inquirer Opinion Columnist Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2015, 1:08 AM If you were looking for an Egyptian who could help his country fulfill the lost promise of the Arab Spring – some day – you couldn’t do better than Emad…

Benjamin Plackett, Sarah Lynch / 17 May 2015 CAIRO—Prominent Egyptian scholar Emad Shahin was among more than 120 defendants, including Egypt’s ousted president Mohammed Morsi, sentenced to death Saturday in two separate espionage and jailbreak cases. The sentences were not…

On the occasion of the 11th biennial meeting of the International Human Rights Network of Academies and Scholarly Societies, hosted in May 2014 by the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in Halle, human rights abuses perpetrated against scientific colleagues…

The human rights of academics in Egypt are being eroded by the military regime that has taken control of the country. The Arab Spring is on hold. 02 July 2014 Emad Shahin, a political-sciences scholar, has been in exile…

By URSULA LINDSEY | THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION FEB. 23, 2014 CAIRO — The indictment here of a well-known professor on charges of espionage has sparked new concerns about academic freedom in Egypt. The military-backed government is carrying out a widespread crackdown…

By Mick Krever, CNN Three years to the week since Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak was forced from power, the country seems to have come full circle. As the country’s first democratically elected leader, Mohamed Morsy, faced a Cairo courtroom months…

By THE CAIRO POST CAIRO: Renowned scholar of political Islam Emad Shahin has been charged Wednesday with a host of charges, including “grand espionage,” and being a leading member of an outlawed organization (the Muslim Brotherhood). Shahin was not placed under…

Ayat Al-Tawy, Thursday 23 Jan 2014 A prominent Egyptian academic who has been charged with espionage in a case whose co-defendants include ousted president Mohamed Morsi, said on Wednesday that the allegations against him were “baseless and politically-motivated.” Emad Shahin,…